Singapore's National Environment Agency (NEA) has introduced mandatory energy management requirements for large energy users in the industry sector, which have been integrated in the Energy Conservation Act (ECA).
Businesses who consumed large amounts of energy (54 TJ/year in at least two of the years since 2010) and whose business activities are attributable to manufacturing and manufacturing-related services, companies active in the supply of electricity, gas, steam, compressed air and chilled water for air-conditioning or water supply and sewage and waste management will be subject to the new energy efficiency requirements.
Starting from 22 April 2013, these companies are required to register themselves with NEA and appoint one or more energy managers to monitor and manage their energy consumption. The companies are also required to report their energy consumption and provide information on processes resulting in greenhouse gas emissions, and submit energy efficiency improvement plans annually beginning in 2014. These requirements affect some 170 companies which operate around 200 large energy consuming premises. To ensure the feasibility and practicability of the detailed requirements, NEA has conducted one-to-one industry consultations and briefings for these companies since the beginning of last year.
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